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TIL the NYPD once strip-searched a black man, cuffed him with his hands behind his back, sodomized him with a plunger, then jammed the plunger handle into his mouth. His colon and bladder were severly damaged. The NYPD claimed his injuries were the result of “abnormal homosexual activities”.

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PYy0E TIL about Fordite/Motor City Agate, a man-made, eco-friendly gem made from recycled car paint from hand-sprayed cars. The paint is then baked and formed into jewelry
Br51b TIL that the stick -- a small tree branch -- was inducted into the (U.S.) National Toy Hall of Fame in 2008. Organizers called it one of the world's oldest toys and said sticks "promote free play -- the freedom to invent and discover."
Y7kXx TIL session drummer Hal Blaine (1929 - 2019) of the famous Wrecking Crew played on over 35,000 recordings, including 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which were #1 hits.
8eAXP TIL Americans are eating out less and less. When Gen X was 18 - 24 years old they ordered from or ate at restaurants 284 times per year, Millennials 244 times per year when they were 18 - 24, and currently Gen Z eats out or orders from restaurants 218 times per year.
LN50 TIL that in 2003 the dictator of Equatorial Guinea took personal control of the national treasury, handing more than $500,000,000 to family members, ostensibly to prevent corruption by civil servants. He has also been declared a god, who “can decide to kill without anyone calling him to account”.